Mommy Moment #1: Snow Baby
First snow of the season last Saturday, so we bundled Maisy up in snow pants, winter jacket, mittens, hat, and shoes (don't own boots yet) to check out the heavy wet flakes. She looked just like the little boy from A Christmas Story
. When we tried to set her down in the snow for a photo op we had to push snow up behind her to keep her from falling backwards.Mommy Moment #2: We Dance
Maisy and I were playing on the floor and listening to some jazzy kiddie tunes the other day. I found myself bobbing my head side to side in time to the music, and looked over to find Maisy doing the same thing. Does Maisy dance like Mommy? Or, does Mommy dance like Maisy?
Mommy Moment #3: I Whistle
I dropped Maisy off at a friend's house today and took off for my new 1.5 hour a week position teaching Orton-Gillingham reading. I suddenly realized I was contentedly whistling along to the Raffi song streaming from the speakers. No baby in the car, no Raffi, right? I flipped on the radio, but I'll be the first to admit that the whistling stopped when the Raffi stopped.
Mommy Moment #4: Perfect Timing
Maisy and I were due to be right on time to a doctor's appointment as I buckled her into her car seat. Just as I clicked the last buckle into place, I sniffed. Definitely poopy. Needless to say, we didn't make it to our appointment on time.
Mommy Moment #5: Mega Playdate
Somewhere in the stay-at-home-mom bi-laws, I believe there is a requirement to host playdates for your children, no matter their ages. Of course, for the six moms and as many babies at the playdate I hosted on Wednesday, the moms did a lot more socializing than the babes. Here's what I learned from hosting my first mega playdate: Six+ babies generate six times the toy mess.
Mommy Moment #6: And Then There Were Three
Teefers that is. Maisy's third pearly white appeared early Tuesday morning. So far, no intense teething fussiness. Now I've probably jinxed myself.
Mommy Moment #7: Maisy's First Babysitter
Other than family and close adult friends. Maisy's first "real" babysitter was a high school girl from church who knows Maisy from the church nursery. Rick and I ate at the new Cadillac Ranch restaurant at the Mall of America and shopped a little before heading home to a sleeping baby. Success! For the record, neither of us rode the Cadillac Ranch's mechanical bull.
Mommy Moment #8: Double-Digit Woes
Maisy turns 10 months old in less than two weeks. Double digits are approaching with shocking speed. I know I'm lame, but how did she get so big so fast? It really wasn't that long ago that I was waking up every 2 hours to feed her by night, and letting my tiny newborn take naps curled up on my chest by day. Now here I am, counting her teeth, closing the basement door to keep her from toppling down, and realizing that my little baby is really not so little anymore. When she was first born, we kept track of her age by hours, then by weeks, and now by months. Even as I cheer on every new stage of development, I can't help but feel a little sadness with the passing of the time.
Mommy Moment #9: Holiday Cheer
To avoid going out on a melancholy note, I'll add a nine to my great eight. I am SUPER excited for Christmas. My Sunday School kiddos are preparing for their Advent Christmas program, my Awana kiddos are practicing Christmas songs for some in-church caroling next month, and I am loving it! I think I'm as excited for Maisy's first Christmas as I used to get circling the toys I wanted in the JCPenney Christmas catalog each year. Hopefully I'll sleep better as a mom than I did as a little girl, waiting wide awake at the top of the stairs in the pitch-black early morning of Christmas Day.
